East and Southern Africa Review & Planning meeting

14-16 July 2015
Venue: Nkopola Lodge, Mangochi, Malawi
Organizers' agenda


Objectives:
  • To review progress made in 2014
  • To plan activities until end of Phase I, with a special focus on disciplinary integration, technology refinement and product documentation

Agenda

Day 1:

  • 08.00 Registration
  • 08.30 Welcome and agenda (official welcome, objectives, agenda, participants)
    • Welcome by V. Manyong / I. Zeledon.
    • Objectives by Mateete Bekunda
    • Agenda and participants
  • 09.30 Review of RO1
    • IFPRI: Carlo / WUR: Jeroen / ESA Project: Patrick Okori and Regis Chikowo.
    • 10' presentation each of IFPRI and WUR...then talk show (20') including Q&A from other participants (15')
  • 10.30 Break
  • 11.00 Update on platform development and progress (Per, Patrick, Regis, Jens - 5' each, the Q&A) - ELB: STRANGE HERE.
  • 11.30 Review of RO 2 by theme (3-4 presentations of 15' + Q&A for 30')
    • Process: Presenters give 15' presentations, 5' of buzz after 2 presentations, then Q&A session with speakers in parallel for 20-25' and group consolidation of findings/insights/reflections for rapporteurs for 5-10'). Rapporteurs consist of the USAID mission reps + socio economists, covering theme in pairs and each of them individually rapporteuring for the final session of the day.
    • Group 1: Crop-livestock integration
      • Integrated crop, soil health and livestock technologies (Kongwa/Kiteto)
      • Livestock intensification (Malawi)
      • Improved livestock feeds (Babati)
    • Group 2: Genetic diversification and intensification / MLND
      • Genetic intensification (Kongwa-Kiteto)
      • Maize and legume variety diversification and enhanced seed delivery (Zambia)
      • Management of MLND (Babati)
  • 13.00 Lunch break
  • 14.00 Review of RO 2 by theme (process continues)
    • Group 3: Integrated crops (maize vegetables legumes)
      • Crop management efficiency (Babati)
      • Vegetable integration (Babati)
      • Intensification of maize-legume systems (Malawi)
      • Enhancing adoption and adaptation of GAPS (maize/legume cropping)
    • Group 2 (Myco/aflatoxins, storage and processing)
      • Food storage and mycotoxin management (Babati)
      • Aflatoxin mitigation (Kongwa/Kiteto)
      • Nutrition and food processing (Malawi)
      • Soybean processing and product development (Zambia)
  • 15.45 Break
  • 16.15 Feedback from the presentations
    • 25' Gallery run of the group feedback reports (4x5')
    • 25' Samoan circle or 'What So What Now What)
  • 17.15 Close

Day 2:
  • 08.30 Presentations from socio economics group (Bekele / Gundula / Apurba?) --> Inform teams about what information needs to be generated in order to mature technologies...
    • Show and tell, clarify +/- 30'
  • 09.00 ROBERT RICHARDSON SHOULD PRESENT THE STATUS AND FINDINGS OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECT - 10' presentation 5' Q&A
  • 09.15 IHZ UPDATES... 15' updates - 5' Q&A
  • 09.35 Seguya on Scaling Project 15' presentation 10' Q&A
  • 10.00 Break
  • 10.30 Group work / Introduction of 2015-2016 plans (short introduction and larger Q&A session) by sites, including pilot scaling plans...
  • 12.30 Lunch Break
  • 13.30 Incorporating feedback all day long and taking stock around lunch time of where we are at.
    • Develop team work plans per site team (Babati, Kongwa-Kiteto, Malawi, Zambia) - which incorporate socio-economics, comms...
    • With Tsehay, Jonathan and Ewen, split across the three (FOUR?) site teams to help document and if need be facilitate...
  • 15.00 Break
  • 15.30 Group work (continued)

  • 16.30 Review of progress with country plans
  • 17.15 Close

(Tentative) Evening presentation by Richard Lamboll

Day 3:
  • 08.30 Group work continued
  • 10.00 Break
  • 10.15 Presentations of improved plans in a snappy way (+/- 20' in total for each site, including reactions - one hour 15' in total)...
    • Work plans: summarize per theme + show end products + outcomes.
  • 11.30 Agreements to make integration work (eg. mycotoxins working with agronomy groups on looking into fertilizers)
    • Visual juxtaposition of results from each group...
  • 12.00 Next steps and final reflections
  • 12.30 / 13.00 Lunch break
  • 14.00 Steering Committee meeting / Comms training refresher (on-demand hands-on + checking for general comms support)
  • 17.30 Roadmap of next steps, feedback from SC Meeting, and closing
  • 18.30 Cocktail

PMMT training on Friday/Saturday.

Background materials

Participants
50-55 expected.

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Suggested agenda


Day 1:
Moving

    • 08.00 Registration
    • 08.45 Welcome and agenda (official welcome, objectives, agenda, participants)
      • Welcome by V. Manyong / Mateete Bekunda / Jerry Glover.
      • Objectives by Mateete Bekunda
      • Agenda and participants
    • 09.30 Review of RO 1: talk show IFPRI / WUR / program management - IFPRI to talk about data sharing/management - WHO DOES THE TALK SHOW?
      • IFPRI: Carlo / WUR: Jeroen / Patrick, Regis.
      • 10' presentation each (=20-25') then talk show... (20-25') including Q&A for all other participants
    • 10.15 Break
    • 10.45 Review of RO 2: Process: [QUESTION TO MATEETE: HOW CAN THEY PRESENT PER THEME BUT ACTUALLY HAVE A REPORT THAT IS SITE-BASED?]
      • A) FIRST OPTION
        • 55' (5x10' of presentation for each theme interrupted by buzz group after 3 presentations)
        • 40' of going around to find out more about each of the themes in a marketplace format with dedicated documenter at each post.
        • 25' of coming back to plenary with 5' insights from each theme...
      • B) ALTERNATIVELY:
        • Spend 20' for each 'presentation' but in a different format than just PPT (e.g. one PPT, one Prezi, one talkshow, one interview, one storytelling).
      • C) OTHER ALTERNATIVE:
        • Do a bus stop with presentation: 5x30' - but last slot is kept for early afternoon.
      • D) FINAL ALTERNATIVE:
        • 25' (5x5') highlights about each of the themes only
        • 90' unpacking and helping refine the highlights and results in a) 45' free roaming and 45' dedicated space work (each person joining one of the themes to help work on this).
    • 12.45 Lunch break
    • 14.00
      • Scenarios A) / B) / D)
        • 45' What so what now what / Samoan circle discussion to tease out important insights to take into account implications for planning 2015-16
        • 14.45 Coffee break
        • 15.15 Gallery tour for next year's work
        • 16.35 Updates by IHZ
        • 17.05 Presentation R. Richardson
        • 17.35 Close (or possibly another presentation)
      • C)
        • 30' Final rotation with additional questions for each of these...
        • 45' What so what now what / Samoan circle discussion to tease out important insights to take into account implications for planning 2015-16
        • 15.15 Break
        • 15.45 Gallery tour of the plans for the next year by site (bus stop format 4x20')
        • 17.05' Updates by IHZ + presentation Robert Richardson
        • 17.30 Close

Day 2:
    • (ABD: R.Richardson in the first 1/2h too. 08.30
    • 09.00 Socio-economics presentation from socio economics group (Bekele / Gundula / Apurba?) --> Inform teams about what information needs to be generated in order to mature technologies...
      • Show & tell + clarify 30'
    • 09.30 Introducing the template again
    • 09.40 Incorporating feedback all day long and taking stock around lunch time of where we are at.
      • Develop team work plans per site team (Babati, Kongwa-Kiteto, Malawi, Zambia) - which incorporate socio-economics, comms...
    • With Tsehay, Jonathan, Ewen and ?? split across the three (FOUR?) site teams to help document and if need be facilitate...

Introduction of 2015-2016 plans (short introduction and larger Q&A session) by sites, including scaling plans...

Day 3:
    • 08.30 Group work continued
    • 10.00 Break
    • 10.00 Presentations of improved plans in a snappy way (20' in total for each site, including reactions - one hour in total)...
      • Work plans: summarize per theme + show end products + outcomes.
    • 11.30 Agreements to make integration work (eg. mycotoxins working with agronomy groups on looking into fertilizers)
      • Visual juxtaposition of results from each group to identify possible areas where integration should/could happen.
    • 12.00 Next steps and final reflections
    • 12.30 / 13.00 Lunch break
    • 14.00 Steering Committee meeting / Comms training refresher (on-demand hands-on + checking for general comms support)
    • 17.30 Close and cocktail